“Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural upgrowth of man towards the high destiny we hear so much of. I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found. If the death exhalations that brood the broad towns in which we so fondly compact ourselves were made visible, we should flee as from a plague. All are more or less sick; there is not a perfectly sane man in San Francisco.” IfsKnowsMenShouldMadeBodyFoundNaturalCitiesDestinyAirStreetsSecuritySweetCivilizationScenePureTravelSickTownsVisibleThriveBroadsSanePlagueSan FranciscoCompact Book:John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations Source: John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
“Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.” IfsWayYearsLooksStillsHomeNightSpaceAirTravelHundredCleanLeavingLos AngelesInterstellarSmog Author:Larry Niven
“During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.” WorldPastTechnologyAirModernTvsCommunicationTravelRadioDecadesContactInstantFunny TravelWovenSatellitesAir TravelModern Technology Book:On Dialogue Source: On Dialogue
“We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.” KnowsWorldProblemUsedPurposeAirTravelPercentEightOilFuelBroadsVehicleFunny TravelHighwaysTruckNinetyAir TravelNinety Eight Author:John Olver
“People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.” PeopleHomePayAirTravelBillsStoresGasExpensesFunny TravelTanksGroceriesGrocery StoresHeatingAir Travel Author:Dan Lipinski